MEP EP#63: HEBI Robotics with Dave Rollinson

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MacroFab Engineering Podcast

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Runtime: (40:00)

Hosts:
Parker Dillmann
Stephen Kraig

Guest:
Dave Rollinson

Figure 1: Dave Rollinson of Hebi Robotics.
Figure 1: Dave Rollinson of Hebi Robotics.
Figure 2: Hebi X-Series Actuator
Figure 2: Hebi X-Series Actuator
Figure 3: Dave Rollinson fused with a robotic exoskeleton.
Figure 3: Dave Rollinson fused with a robotic exoskeleton.

Podcast Notes

  • Our guest this week is Dave Rollinson from HEBI Robotics.
    • Dave is a robotics engineer with a PhD in Robotics and a B.S. in M.E. from Carnegie Mellon University.
    • His thesis research advanced the control and design of articulated, modular, snake-like robots with a focus towards real-world applications like urban search and rescue and industrial inspection.
  • HEBI designs and manufactures industrial motorized actuator building blocks. HEBI takes the hard part out of designing automated robotics.
  • The actuators are torque/force controlled compared to absolute position control.
  • X-Series Industrial Smart Actuator
  • Assisted Actuator Assembly with X-Series

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!

  • jeremiah johnson

    So are the electronics for the actuators built by Macrofab? Curious what the connection is.

    • Parker Dillmann

      Hi Jeremaih, sorry it took a bit to respond. Justin here at MacroFab worked with them at a previous company and recommended us to talk to them about their robotics platform. Plus they seem like cool people 🙂